Phacoemulsification with phakic intraocular lens

Phakic Intraocular Lens Implantation

Lens vacuoles during phakic intraocular lens implantation

Lens damage during phakic intraocular lens implantation is a major complication. A case of a patient who developed lens vacuoles during toric implantable collamer lens (ICL) removal from her right eye and insertion of a new non-toric ICL due to persistent rotation of the former is presented in this work. As this event is very uncommon when implanting phakic intraocular lenses, the performed sur...

Toric phakic intraocular lens: European multicenter study.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate safety, efficacy, predictability, stability, complications, and patient satisfaction after implantation of Artisan toric phakic intraocular lenses (TPIOLs) for the correction of myopia or hyperopia with astigmatism. DESIGN Prospective, nonrandomized, comparative (self-controlled) multicenter trial. PARTICIPANTS Seventy eyes of 53 patients (mean, 35 years; range, 22-59 ...

Intracorneal ring segments and phakic intraocular lens.

To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Cakir and Utine1 regarding the results of combined intracorneal ring (KeraRing; Mediphacos Ltd, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) and anterior chamber, iris-fi xated, phakic intraocular lens (IOL) (Artisan/Artifl ex; Ophtec BV, Groningen, The Netherlands) implantation in patients with keratectasia, which appeared in the February 2011 issue of the Journa...

Streptococcus mitis/oralis endophthalmitis management without phakic intraocular lens removal in patient with iris-fixated phakic intraocular lens implantation

BACKGROUND To report a case of Streptococcus mitis/oralis endophthalmitis management which had developed after complicated iris-fixated phakic intraocular (pIOL) lens implantation. CASE PRESENTATION A 23-year-old-woman received pIOL implantation followed secondary intraocular intervention to lower intraocular pressure. The patient presented with severe pain and decreased visual acuity and was...